Name: Kathendu AA
SKU: RS-FK-163
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Kenya

Kathendu Kooperative, Meru County, Kenya

Discover this exceptional single origin from coffee farmer Festus Kathendu from the highlands of Kenya – one of our absolute favorite origins that Ivo often raves about. Grown at an altitude of over 1500 meters, Festus produces some of the finest micro-lots in Kenya. You can expect an SL-28 and K7 variety that will delight your palate. The coffee from the Kathendu cooperative named after the farmer from Meru County in north-eastern Kenya has been double-washed and fermented, which creates a beautiful complexity and teases a rich fruitiness out of the bean.

Variety & Process

SL-28 and K7 are 100% Arabica specialties
Process: Double Washed

Kathendu AA is a selectively hand-picked microlot of the SL-28 and K7 varieties. The former was developed in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories (SL for short) as a mutation between Bourbon and Typica. The K7, bred in 1936, is prized for its resistance to coffee berry disease and its Bourbon ancestry, which adds depth and body to the cup. The beans are double washed and then dried on African beds.

Cranberry
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Cherry
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Brown Sugar

Description

Brew Guide

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Kathendu AA

This wonderful micro-lot from Kenya will catapult you straight into summer. Kathendu AA comes from the fertile highlands of north-eastern Kenya and impresses with its lively freshness, complex aromas with notes of tangy cranberry, delicious cherry and brown sugar – and an impressive clarity. You can expect a real clean cup. The AA in the name stands for the highest quality level and refers to the particularly large, ripe beans that have been carefully harvested and gently processed. Kathendu AA is more than just a coffee – it is a journey into the fascinating world of Kenyan coffee art that will delight every coffee lover.

Kenya Qualities

Coffees from Kenya are not only very popular with us. They are known for their fine acidity and high flavor intensity, which results in a particularly clean cup. This means that the coffee is free from defects and does not contain any unwanted aromas.

The abbreviation “AA” stands for the quality of the green coffee. Almost every country has its own system for qualifying coffee beans. In East Africa, the following classes are distinguished: AA, AB, A, B, C and PB (the small peaberry beans). Size, shape and the proportion of defective beans are assessed. Kenya AA is the category for the highest quality beans that can end up in your cup.

Flavour Notes

Flavor at hot temperature: Cranberry, brown sugar
Flavor at medium temperature: sweet cherries, cashews
Flavor when cooled: carambole, green grape
Aftertaste: Long, nutty
Aroma: Grapes, rose hips, sweet cherries
Texture: Silky
Body: Medium
Sweetness: Medium

Freezing Date

14-25 days after roasting

Details

Fine microlot from Festus Kathendu from the fruity highlands of north-eastern Kenya
Process: Double Washed
Choose between 250g, 500g or 1kg – ground or whole bean
Flavor profile: cranberry, cherry, brown sugar
100% Arabica coffee, freshly and gently roasted by hand in Berlin-Mitte
Climate-neutral delivery with DHL Go Green
Pick-up on site:
Pick-up address: Röststätte, Ackerstr. 173, 10115 Berlin
After your order you will receive a pick-up confirmation by e-mail (please also check your spam folder)
Pick-up with e-mail confirmation possible: Monday-Friday between 09:30 and 18 o’clock

Important note on returns:
Ground coffee is excluded from exchange, as it is ground exclusively at the customer’s request. Thank you for your understanding.

Sustainable cultivation and quality awareness

As with wine, the origin, cultivation and careful harvesting of coffee form the basis for a specialty coffee. We only use ripe and hand-picked 100% Arabica coffee beans for our coffees, as the laborious harvesting by hand is an essential quality criterion. Our highland coffees are natural products and are grown in shady forest gardens in an environmentally friendly way. This preserves the biodiversity of the growing region. The coffee cherries can ripen slowly at cool altitudes with nutritious and fertile soil conditions. Under these optimal climatic conditions near the equator, the coffee plants have more time to develop their characteristic and fruity aromas.

Freshly roasted by hand

All Röststätte coffees are gently roasted by hand in Berlin so that the natural aromas can fully develop without any unwanted acidity. To achieve a pronounced body and a versatile taste profile in the cup, we want to emphasize and optimally process the special features of the respective variety, farm and origin of the coffee with our roasting. The aim is therefore to exploit the full potential of the green coffee through our roasting method in order to emphasize the valuable work of the producers in the countries where the coffee is grown. These are our quality principles – from source to the final cup.

Our brew recommendation for the V60 hand filter

20g ground
300 ml filtered water at 92-93° C
Bloom for 30 seconds with 60g
Then infuse according to the recipe (60g – 60g – 60g – 60g), always wait until the water has completely run through each time
Total brewing preparation / technique: 60g – 60g – 60g – 60g – 60g
Total brewing time: 3:00 minutes

You can read a complete general brew guide here in our blog. Use the key data listed above for brewing.

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